Community Impact

Dental students participating in special smiles at special olympics

Delta Dental Grant Helps Treat More Patients with Special Health Care Needs

UConn Health estimates it will be able to provide an additional 900 outpatient visits, 72 additional operating room procedures, and up to 300 more visits on weekend Special Care days

Dr. Linda Barry

Connecticut Celebrates its First Health Equity Week

Health Equity Week is April 2 – 8.

Zita Lazzarini, J.D., M.P.H. Winner of UConn Health Board of Directors Faculty Recognition Award

She will be awarded on May 8 at UConn Health's Commencement. 

Group portrait, sign "Help make #CostOfHome something we all can afford."

Supporting Population Health, On and Off the Job

UConn Health’s Jessica Parmelee says her advocacy for affordable housing is an extension of her work

UConn faculty members walking in the alfalfa field in Jordan

Fish Food and the Foundry: How One UConn Startup Went Global and Others Can, Too

'We’re increasing Connecticut manufacturing and exporting; it's one of those things where the Foundry provided wins all around'

A view of the main UConn Hartford building from across the street.

Grant Will Help Break Down Barriers in Access to Technology in Hartford

Collaborative effort between UConn Hartford and School of Engineering aims to reduce inequities in access to crucial technology skills

SOM Class of 2023 Paige Holden

Match Day Exhilaration Returns to UConn Medical School

It's a match! 110 soon-to-be UConn-produced doctors ripped open their white envelopes to reveal their future medical residency destinies

Nicholas Martinelli, director of the Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for Veterans.

New UConn EBV Program Manager: ‘We’re Like a Family…Helping Accomplish Each Other’s Missions’

'The appeal for military veterans is to have the chance to promote their interests and passions, and tell the world, Look what I've accomplished'

Social Work Researcher Seeks to Re-engage Black and African American Older Adults Isolated by COVID-19

Working to reconnect people with the activities and social ties that sustained them before the pandemic

The UConn large letter sign at dusk on June 12, 2021.

UConn Nursing, Social Work Awarded $6M to Address Workforce Shortages in Critical Fields

The funds will help grow the ranks of social workers and nurses in Connecticut